Which One of the Following Is True of Poverty in Seventeenth-Century

Which one of the following is true of poverty in seventeenth-century Great Britain?

A) About half of the population lived at or below the poverty line by the end of the seventeenth century.
B) The problem was so bad that Henry VIII authorized judges to order the jobless to work.
C) Poverty rates were worse in British colonies than in the mother country.
D) John Winthrop solved the problem by creating the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
E) Queen Mary's failure to address the problem helped lead to her overthrow.